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Joints

Tendons and connective tissue don't signal overreach the way muscle soreness does — they just quietly break down until they don't. SI joint, shoulders, knees, hips: how to keep the hardware honest, train around old injuries, and stay under the bar for decades.

Joints

SI Joint Recovery for Lifters: What 18 Months of Trial and Error Taught Me

A first-person account of managing sacroiliac joint pain without quitting the barbell — what causes it, what made it worse, and the two things that finally fixed it.

May 28, 202612 min read